Below you will find a summary for the educational track based on
the job function Purchasing and Sourcing. Today with the complexities of manufacturing
it is not enough to say "I went to a one-day GD&T class", it is
more important to identify the training programs suggested for
your job description, explain it's rationale and finally believe
in the importance of training.

Purchasing/Sourcing Education Path

Overview

Move over the Tracks at the left to see the courses and rationale for each.

Executive Track

Who should attend: Directors, VPs, GMs.

Objectives

To provide business level insight to all management levels of the technical challenges and business level implications of GD&T and measurement. To provide direct insight to the implications effective GD&T has on improving product development cycles and customer/supplier relationships. Establish a core foundational understanding of the scope of GD&T applicability to all departments/divisions within area the company.

Historical
Challenges

Many individuals who have attended the next
level course (GD&T Introduction & Fundamental
Principles) could have benefited greatly from
attending this course first as many of them did
not have a basic understanding of engineering
drawing principles. Many of the individuals were
technicians across multiple disciplines as well
as non-mechanical engineers such as chemical,
electrical, industrial and other core
disciplines.

Most managers are under the impression their
employees already know how to read a print but
again where would they have learned it? Even in
manufacturing and inspection we find most
managers feel one of the first things they
should teach their employee is how to program a
piece of manufacturing or inspection equipment.
The challenge with this perception is how would
we expect any individual to gain proficiency in
operating/programming equipment if they lack
knowledge in how to interpret the drawing that
are targeting to make or inspect the part to?